Transcultural Counseling: Needs, Programs, and Techniques.

This extensive monograph, multiply-authored by subject experts, speaks to the special needs of four major minority groups in the United States: American Indians, blacks, Chicanos, and Mexican Americans. Special counselor training programs are described which help provide awareness of cultural differences and tools for working with minority populations, particularly in the schools. Chapters speak to: (1) "Issues in the Counseling of Spanish Speaking/Surname Clients;" (2) "Counseling Alaskan Natives;" (3) "Black Perspectives on Counseling;" (4) "Planning and Implementing Transcultural Training Experiences;" (5) "Planning and Leading Transcultural Groups;" (6) "Cross Cultural Group Counseling and Its Effect on Reducing Tension in a Racially Mixed School;" and (7) "Exemplary Programs, Practices and Policies." (Author)